Cover for cooking utensils.



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JENNIE TALLADAY, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

COVER FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,302, dated April 30, 1901.

Application led November l, 1900. Serial No. 35,189. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE TALLADAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tin Covers, of which the following is a specification. A

My invention relates to improvements in covers for cooking utensils; and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, and said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is also a perspective view of my device, but the` flap for covering the openings in said cover is shown in an upward position. Fig. 3 shows a portion of my cover having a modied form of drain-opening. Fig. l is a cross-section showing the perforations and the iiap b, which closes them. Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing one of the radial slots R.

A is the ordinary-shaped cover for cooking utensils provided with the usual iange composed ofthe upwardly-extending portion and the outwardly-extending portion h at its periphery, both of said portions forming means for preventing the cover from sliding 0E from the utensil upon which it is placed. A handle c is secured to the main central portion of the cover by any preferred means; but in this instance it is represented as being soldered thereto.

Between the handle e and the flange, hereinbefore mentioned, I swivel the ap b in any suitable way; but I have shown it as being fastened by means of a hinge, one member g of which is made integral with the flap b and the other member g' attached to the cover proper. A small finger-ring lo is attached to said flap b by means of the clip m, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the said iiap may be raised A ing made to correspond, respectively, with each of the upwardly and downwardly extending portions of said ange. Under this apb and inthe main central portion are a series of openings Q, as shown in Fig. 2. These openings are continued on through the upwardlyextending portion vl of the flange and are represented by the letter Q'. A portion of the downwardly extending portion h of said ange is cnt away adjacent to the openings Q', as shown at P, thereby insuring a solid stream of liquid from the openings R. When the liquoris running from the openings R, the streams from the upper openings fall on the streams from the lower and form one large solid stream. Should the portion P not have been cut away, as before mentioned, then a portion of the liquor would trickle along the said portion P and would breakup the volume of the stream. From the construction hereinbefore described it will be seen that the flap, with its upwardly-extendin g portion, will serve as a means for closing the openings R and Qwhen desirable.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the openings are made in the form of radial slots R, running through the main central portion and extending part way up the upwardly-extending portion el of the flange.

It is often desirable to strain the liquor off after the articles of food are thoroughly cooked. This has been rendereddifficult by reason of the fact that the steam rises and makes it almost impossible for the hand to be kept on the handle. It has also been very difficult for all of the liquor to be drained o on account of the perforations in the cover vnot being made close enough'to the point where the edge of the cooking utensil engages said cover, thereby allowing a small portion to remain in the utensil, and by the use of my improved device these difficulties have been avoided.

What I claim, and desire to secure b5 Letters Patent,.is-

l. In a cover having a main central portion and being provided with a iiange having an upwardly and outwardly extending portion, the combination of a flap swiveled vto said main central portion, an upwardly and outwardly extending end portion on said ap adapted to fit and lie flat on said flange, said IOO . portion, a downwardly-extending end portion on said iap adapted to fit said flange, said main central portion and said downwardlyextending portion of said flange bei-ng perforated beneath said flap and said downwardlyextending portion of said flange beingr broken away adjacent to said perforations and means for grasping said flap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J ENNIE TALLADAY.

Witnesses:

IDA JosEPHINE WATSON, MARY AUGUSTA PEARsoN. 

